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In his widely acclaimed To End All Wars, Thomas Knock provides an intriguing, often provocative narrative of Woodrow Wilson's epic quest for a new world order. The account follows Wilson's thought and diplomacy from his policy toward revolutionary Mexico, through his dramatic call for "Peace without Victory" in World War I, to the Senate's rejection of the League of Nations. Throughout Knock explores the place of internationalism in American politics, sweeping away the old view that isolationism was the cause of Wilson's failure and revealing the role of competing visions of internationalism--conservative and progressive.

What People Are Saying

Patrick Moynihan

Wilson, in his time and through his vocation, transformed the standard of legitimacy in government throughout the world. We are perhaps only beginning to see this and, with the help of Thomas Knock's important work, better understand it.
— Senator Patrick Moynihan, author of "On the Law of Nations"

Senator George McGovern

A truly great book. It is simply superb in every way.

Paterson

A superb, sympathetic account of the intellectual and political milieu surrounding Wilson's League of Nations.
— Thomas G. Paterson, author of "American Foreign Policy: A History"A superb, sympathetic account of the intellectual and political milieu surrounding Wilson's League of Nations.

Editorial Reviews

The American Historical Review
- Gary J. Ostrower

[This book] challenges virtually every recent historian who has tackled the subject. Knock demands that we see Wilson in a genuinely new framework and succeeds admirably.

The Times Literary Supplement
- Arthur Schlesinger

Now that humanity is possibly drawing closer to ... [a] 'Federation of the World,' To End All Wars is an enlightening and valuable introduction to the birth of that noble vision.

From the Publisher

Winner of the Warren F. Kuehl Prize, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations

"[This book] challenges virtually every recent historian who has tackled the subject. Knock demands that we see Wilson in a genuinely new framework and succeeds admirably."--Gary J. Ostrower, The American Historical Review

"Now that humanity is possibly drawing closer to ... [a] 'Federation of the World,' To End All Wars is an enlightening and valuable introduction to the birth of that noble vision."--Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., The Times Literary Supplement

The American Historical Review

[This book] challenges virtually every recent historian who has tackled the subject. Knock demands that we see Wilson in a genuinely new framework and succeeds admirably.
— Gary J. Ostrower

The Times Literary Supplement

Now that humanity is possibly drawing closer to ... [a] 'Federation of the World,' To End All Wars is an enlightening and valuable introduction to the birth of that noble vision.
— Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

The Times Literary Supplement

Now that humanity is possibly drawing closer to ... [a] 'Federation of the World,' To End All Wars is an enlightening and valuable introduction to the birth of that noble vision.
— Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

Meet the Author

About the Author:Thomas J. Knock received his A.B. from Miami University, his M.A. from Boston College, and his Ph.D. from Princeton University. His articles have appeared in American Quarterly, Political Science Quarterly, Reviews in American History, and several anthologies. A native of Harrison, Ohio (near Cioncinnati), he lives in Dallas, Texas and is Associate Professor of History at Southern Methodist University.

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